Quality of strokes
Strokes
JinMeng Lai Asked 13 years ago
Hi coaches,
I have been practising rallying on the forehands and backhands and I am quite comfortable with it. What kind of mindset or target(what should I aim for) I should have to improve the quality of my strokes? Meaning what are the elements in stroke quality i can look into? Thank you.
The other question is that when I make my movements swifter and more precise on rallies, I tend to make mistakes. Is this normal?
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi JinMeng,
You can now start to think about hitting the ball a little faster. You can also think about your placement. You can increase your speed by just making your swing a little faster. For placement think about getting the ball closer to the white lines.
Regarding swifter movements, this is normal. You just need to keep working on developing your control at that speed. You will get better at it with more practice.
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Ian Costello Posted 12 years ago
nikhil shroff Posted 12 years ago
sir,
how do i improve the quality of my strokes? because everyone tells tht i have a lot to improve on my footwork and that whenever i play i have a tendency to go back n front like i go back while taking some shot.
secondly i have a great problem playing high degree spin services n chops. It just touches my racket n the ball goes out.
thank you sir.
Hi Nikhil,
Improving the quality of your strokes is mainly a matter of hitting a lot of balls with correct technique. You need to start slowly and make sure the technique is correct. Take a look through our lesson if you have nay queries about the correct way of doing any of the strokes. The second thing is balance during the stroke. If you are balanced, you will not move backwards and forwards.
Learning to return spins is probably the hardest part of the game when you are learning. Take time to work out where the ball is going off your racket when you hit it. Then you need to alter the angle of your racket so that the ball goes back onto the table. You need to use your bat like a rudder. We cover this topic extensively in our Receiving Secrets Revealed DVD. In this we show you how to recognise different spins and then also how to combat them.
Jonathan Huynh Posted 12 years ago
is it okay to do a backhand stroke or a FH push but a little bit flatter and a little bit less open but not turn my body. if i turn, i usually do a fade topspin but that only works 50-60% of the time.
thanks anyway!